In an exciting development, the plucky helicopter has now inspired Skyfall, a mission concept recently unveiled by Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who ...

The helicopters will scout the Martian surface to help prepare for a human landing on the Red Planet.

"With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect ...

While the duration of the Skyfall mission has not been revealed yet, its objective will be exploring regions that will ensure ...

In December, NASA unveiled another concept: an SUV-sized “ Mars Chopper ” with six rotor blades. This larger helicopter would ...

With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, ...

Skyfall at 10: How James Bond Helped Me Learn to Live with Loss Marcus Shorter. Mothers and sons are central to the James Bond film, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

James Bond just turned 50 – in movie years, anyhow (“Dr No” came out in 1962) – and in “Skyfall” Her Majesty’s sexiest spy seems to be on the verge of a midlife crisis: He’s stuck ...

“Skyfall’s” per-theater average was even more impressive in IMAX locations, where the film found $13.1 million (15 percent of its weekend gross) from 320 screens, good for a $40,938 average.

In Skyfall (3 1/2 stars out of four; rated PG-13; opens today nationwide), Bond is essentially reborn after being shot and left for dead. (The same could be said of the franchise, ...